The thirty-fifth song in this series.
Tumhen yaad hoga kabhi ham mile the….
This song is from the 1959 Ravindra Dave movie Satta Bazaar (Stock Market). The movie starred Balraj Sahni, Meena Kumari, Suresh and Vijaya Choudhury. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was the writer of the movie and dialogues were by SM Abbas.
Lets have a look at the story of the movie since songs often carry forward the story:
Widower Ramesh (Balraj Sahni) lives a comfortable lifestyle with his daughter, Kala (Vijaya Choudhury). He re-marries so that Kala can get the love and caring of a mother. He re-marries Jamuna (Meena Kumari). But Kala hates Jamuna and will not even call her “Maa”. Jamuna continues to love Kala as her own despite of giving birth to a baby boy.
Years pass by. Kala grows up and falls in love with Ramesh’s business partner, Bholanath’s son Shyam (Suresh).
Shyam and Kala are of a different caste. Ramesh disapproves, but Jamuna convinces him otherwise. The couple gets formerly engaged. After the engagement, Ramesh gets to meet multi-millionaire Badriprasad (Ramayan Tiwari), who has accumulated wealth through the stock exchange. Ramesh takes a interest and invests heavily, he does win some money, but his luck soon changes when he loses everything. He is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the only man who can save him now is Badriprasad on one condition – that Kala must marry his son, Pritam (Krishna Kant).
And now you know how this song came about. You also know the importance of the name of the movie.
The song was penned by Gulshan Bawra. He was born as Gulshan Kumar Mehta on 12 Apr 1937 in Sheikhupura (30 kms from Lahore), Punjab (now in Pakistan). During the Partition riots he witnessed the killing of his father and his father’s cousin. His elder sister then brought him up.
Gulshan applied for a vacancy in Indian Railways in Kota, Rajasthan but when he got there, the vacancy had been filled. He, then, started working as a clerk in Bombay. All throughout he wanted a break in Hindi movies. Kalyanji Veerji Shah, then on his own (and not as Music duo Kalyanji Anandji) gave him his first break in Chandrasena (1959) in the song “Main kya jaanu kahan laage yeh saawan matwala re”, sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Later, he also emerged as an actor with the 1966 movie Vishwas.
Satta Bazaar was the first movie of the music duo Kalyanji Anandji. Tumhen yaad hoga and Chandi ke chand tukadon ke liye made him a good name as a lyricist. It was during the making of this film that the film’s distributor Shantibhai Patel christened him Bawra (Madman).
He has won two Filmfare Awards as Best Lyricist: In 1968 for Mere desh ki dharti in the movie Upkaar and in 1974 for Yaari hai imaan mera in the movie Zanjeer.
Some of his popular songs are: Aap se hamako bichhade huye, Chandi ki deewar na todi, Le chal mere jeevan saathi (Vishwas, 1969), Aati rahengi bahaaren, Mile jo kadi kadi ek zanjeer bane, Qasme vaade nibhayenge ham (Kasme Vaade, 1978), Banake kyun bigaada re (Adaalat, 1976), Chand ko kya maalum chahta hai use koi chakor (Lal Bangla, 1966), Deewane hain deewano ko na ghar chahiye, Yaari hai imaan mera (Zanjeer, 1973), Ek main aur ek tu, Hamane tumako dekha tumane hamako dekha, Khullam khulla pyar karenge, Sapna mera toot gaya (Khel Khel Mein, 1975), Hamane jo dekhe sapne (Parivaar, 1967), Hamen aur jeene ki chahat na hoti (Agar Tum Na Hote, 1983), Kitane bhi tu kar le sitam (Sanam Teri Kasam, 1982), Mujhe kehate hain Kallu Kawaal (Dulhan Dulhan, 1964), Peene waalon ko peene ka bahana chahiye (Haath Ki Safai, 1974), Pyar hamen kis mod pe le aaya (Satte Pe Satta, 1981), and Ye mausam rangeen sama (Modern Girl, 1961).
Kalyanji Anandji, the music duo who composed this song, came together as a music duo for the first time for this movie Satta Bazaar. This song sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar made the Gujarat duo famous. It is so appropriate that a song sung by Hemant Kumar paved their way to success since Kalyanji (then solo) started his career as an assistant to Hemant Kumar as Music Director for the 1954 movie Nagin. He was so good with this new instrument called clavioline which was used to produce the sound of Nagin’s been that even if you forget any of the Nagin songs, you can’t forget the been.
Kalyanji Veerji Shah, then, with his brother Anandji Veerji Shah, started an orchestral group called Kalyanji Virji and Party which organised musical shows in Mumbai and outside. This was the first attempt made for holding live musical shows in India.
The high-points of their career were their first and only Filmfare Award for the 1974 movie Kora Kagaz, a National Award for the 1968 movie Sraswatichandra and India’s fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri in the year 1992.
Some of their popular songs are: Aankhon aankhon mein hum tum, Ye duniya waale poochhenge (Mahal, 1969), Aap se hamko bichhade huye, Chandi ki deewar na todi, Le chal mere jeevan saathi (Vishwas, 1969), Akele hain chale aao (Raaz, 1967), Are deewano mujhe pehchano, Khaike paan Banaraswala (Don, 1978), Aur is dil mein kya rakha hai (Imaandaar, 1987), Are rafta rafta dekho (Kahani Kismat Ki, 1973), Badi door se aaye hain (Samjhauta, 1973), Bekhudi mein sanam, Chale the saath milkar (Haseena Maan Jayegi, 1968), Bure bhi hum bhale bhi hum (Banarasi Babu, 1973), Chand aahen bharega (Phool Bane Angaray, 1973), Chandan sa badan, Main to bhool chali babul ka desh, Phool tumhen bheja hai khat mein (Saraswatichandra, 1968), Chhalia mera naam, Dam dam diga diga, Mere toote huye dil se, Teri raahon mein khade hain (Chhalia, 1960), Chhuk chhuk (Rafoo Chakkar, 1975), Chhoti si umar mein lag gaya rog (Bairag, 1976), Chupke se dil de de (Maryada, 1971), and Darpan ko dekha (Upasna, 1971).
Some more are: Dil beqraar sa hai (Ishaara, 1964), Dil ko dekho chehra na dekho, Meri pyari behaniya (Sacha Jhutha, 1970), Dil lootnewale jadugar (Madari, 1959), Dil to dil hai (Kab Kyon Aur Kahan, 1970), Do bechare bina sahare (Victoria No. 203, 1972), Bharat ka rehnewala hoon, Dulhan chali, Koi jab tumhara hriday chhod de (Purab Aur Pachhim, 1970), Ek tara bole (Yaadgaar, 1970), Ek tara bole (Yaadgaar, 1970), Ek tha gul, Na na karte pyar tumhi se, Pardesiyon se na akhiyan milana, Ye sama sama hai ye pyar ka (Jab Jab Phool Khile, 1965), Ek tu na mila, Kankariya maar ke jagaya, Main to ek khwab hoon (Himalaya Ki God Mein, 1965), Ganga maiya mein hab tak, Khush raho har khushi hai tumhaare liye (Suhaag Raat, 1968), and Govinda aala re aala (Bluff Master, 1963).
Still some more are: Hum bolega to bologe ki (Kasauti, 1974), Hum chhod chale hain mehfil ko (Ji Chahta Hai, 1964), Hamare siva tumhaare aur kitane (Apradh. 1972), Ham the jinake sahare, Jeevan se bhari teri aankhen, Zindagi ka safar, Jo tumako ho pasand wohi baat karenge (Safar, 1970), Humsafar mere humsafar (Purnima, 1965), Hamne tujhako pyar kiya hai jitana, Jo pyar tune mujhako diya tha, Mujhe kehte hain kallu qawaal (Dulha Dulhan, 1964), Husn ke laakhon rang, Nafrat karne waalon ke, Pal bhar ke liye koi, O mere Raja (Johnny Mera Naam, 1970), Jiske sapne hamen roz aate rahe, Mere mitwa mere meet re (Geet, 1971), Jis dil mein basa tha pyar tera (Saheli, 1965), Zubaan pe dard bhari dastaan (Maryada, 1971), Kabhi raat din hum door the (Aamne Saamne, 1978), Kisi raah mein kisi mod par (Mere Hamsafar, 1970), Kya khoob kagti ho, Tere chehre mein woh jadu hai (Dharamatma, 1975) and Laila O’ Laila (Qurbani, 1980).
And yet more are: Main pyasa tum sawan (Faraar, 1975), Mere desh ki dharti, Qasme waade pyar wafa (Upkar, 1967), Mera jeevan kora Kagaz (Kora Kagaz, 1973), Mujhako is raat ki tanhai mein (Dil Bhi Tera Ham Bhi Tere, 1960), O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena, Salaam e ishq meri jaan (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, 1978), Pal pal dil ke paas (Blackmail, 1973), Peene waalon ko peene ka bahana, Vaada karle saajna (Haath Ki Safai, 1974), Peete peete kabhi kabhi (Bairag, 1976), Samjhauta ghamon se karlo (Samjhauta, 1973), Sama hai suhana suhana (Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, 1970), Sukh ke sab saathi (Gopi, 1970)
And finally: Tere honthon ke do phool (Paras, 1971), Waqt karta jo wafa (Dil Ne Pukara, 1967), Yaari hai imaan mera (Zanjeer, 1973), Zuban pe dard bhari dastaan (Maryada, 1971).
As far as the singers Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar singing together are concerned, they have given us some really memorable songs. Some of these are: Aa neele gagan tale pyar ham karen, Dekho wo chand chhupke, Nain se nain nahin milao, Yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum, Chhupa lo dil mein youn pyar mera, Chandan ka palna, O neend na mujhako aaye, Na ye chand hoga, Na tum hamen jaano and Ye raat ye chandini phir kahan.
Many of Hemant Kumar duets with Lata Mangeshkar have that touch of ruefulness about them that seem to be bordering on enigma. When you recall them, you not just recall the lyrics and the notes, you also recall the world these transported you into. The present duet has that quality about it.
Please enjoy: Tumhen yaad hoga kabhi ham mile the…..
हे: (तुम्हें याद होगा कभी हम मिले थे ) -२
मुहब्बत की राहों में मिल के चले थे
ल: भूला दो मुहब्बत में हम तुम मिले थे
सपना ही समझो के मिल के चले थे …
हे: (डूबा हूँ ग़म की गहराइयों मे ं
सहरा हैं यादों का तनहाइयों में ) -२
सहरा हैं यादों का तनहाइयों में …
ल: (कहीं और दिल की दुनिया बसा लो
क़सम है तुम्हें वो क़सम तोड़ डालो) -२
क़सम है तुम्हें वो क़सम तोड़ डालो …
हे: (नई दिल की दुनिया बसा न सकूँगा
जो भूले हो तुम वो भुला न सकूँगा) -२
जो भूले हो तुम वो भुला न सकूँगा …
ल: (अगर ज़िंदगी हो अपनी ही बस में
तुम्हारी क़सम हम न भूलें वो क़समें) -२
तुम्हारी क़सम हम न भूलें वो क़समें …
Love is never a reasoned emotion. Hence, you never walk into love, you fall in love. It is overpowering, overwhelming and a feeling beyond control. And, most often than not, the course that this flood of emotions takes is also not under the lovers’ control. People around them and circumstances bring in variables that the lovers would have never imagined.
In this case, the fly in the ointment of the lovers is Sata Bazaar (Stock Market) that wreaks havocs in their lives because of the lure of good money that Balraj Sahni, her father, falls for. Suddenly, they find themselves estranged. At one moment, for the lovers, the world appeared thew most wonderful place to be in. The next moment their world is as if it went through an earhtquake, as if they were marooned by a strong typhoon.
Indeed, in the last stanza, Gulshan Bawra makes her say that she was the victim of circumstances beyond her control:
अगर ज़िंदगी हो अपनी ही बस में
तुम्हारी क़सम हम न भूलें वो क़समें I
This and other thoughts in the lyrics hit you with great force. It can happen with anyone. The villain of the piece here is Satta Bazaar. However, it could be anything beyond the control of the lovers.
Great songs are those wherein you not only recall the lyrics but all the notes including the interludes. This song is one of them. It tugs at my emotions persistently.
I hope you enjoyed it too.
Please await the next song in the series.
